lightproof

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightproof
Adjective
  • GoPro Max for $822: GoPro's entry into the 360 camera world, the Max is a capable action camera, featuring 6K video in a waterproof form factor with industry-leading stabilization.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 12 May 2025
  • The lights are made from a type of waterproof and corrosion-resistant plastic that can last multiple seasons, even through harsh Southern temperatures and seasonal weather conditions.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • During the Cold War, sensitive compartmented information facilities, or SCIFs, were developed as windowless, soundproof rooms to hold classified conversations.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
  • Photo: Interiors by Kat A soundproof music room in the basement.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Natural corks, while not entirely airtight, typically allow only a minimal amount of oxygen to enter over time.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The neighbor’s sign, while biting, underscored an emerging reality in Arizona’s sizable Latter-day Saints community — that while church members are overwhelmingly Republican, there is some erosion in their traditionally airtight support for Republicans.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The shells, which are watertight and surprisingly sturdy, usually can be completed for a project in 24 hours.
    Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • Subjected to an almost watertight international arms embargo, Iran was forced to rely mostly on self-sufficiency, religious zeal, and patriotism.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In this episode, the ladies finally move out of their hermetic bubble of giggles and gossip and start trying to engage more with their surroundings.
    Noel Murray, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This isn’t a hermetic kind of meditation, one in which outer havoc is kept at bay.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Lightproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightproof. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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